SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Developers say that some time in April the Price Chopper at Railroad Place and Church Street will close its doors for the last time and the next morning the new Price Chopper Limited will open down the block in the finished Market Center.

"It's moving along pretty quickly," said developer Sonny Bonacio of Bonacio Construction, which is handling the project.

On Monday night, he and representatives from Price Chopper went before the Zoning Board of Appeals to request a variance for the signage the supermarket intends to use.

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In addition to the "Price Chopper Limited" sign and logo above the door to the supermarket on Railroad Place, the chain is proposing the installation of signs with 8-inch lettering that identifies the departments within the store. They would be placed above eight windows along the façade.

The placard signs, which Price Chopper Vice President of Engineering and Construction William Sweet called "tasteful," will be adorned with ornamental ironwork and may also have awnings.

"The whole property will be tasteful," he said. "The décor package you will see inside is unlike anything we have ever done."

At least one member of the board had some concerns about the number of supermarket signs proposed. "It seems like a lot of clutter," Keith Kaplan said.

Representatives of the store, though, said since there is no signage on Division Street because the store does not reach that part of the building, there would be "limited capabilities of identifying this as a supermarket."

Price Chopper will be located mid-block on Railroad Place. Sweet said while some aspects of a full-size supermarket will not be in the store, such as a pharmacy or full floral department, there will be a more substantial prepared-food section than is offered at the current Price Chopper location.

"It should be a great lunch-time spot," he said.

Located further down the block at the corner of Division Street and Railroad Place is the entrance to the residential portion of the building.

The six-story building will house one- to three-bedroom apartments that will range in price from around $1,200 to more than $2,500 per month. A parking deck with a 151-vehicle capacity will be located in the rear of the building.

Also slated to occupy commercial spaces on the property are Feigenbaum Cleaners and SPoT Coffee.

What becomes of the former Price Chopper building remains undecided. Bonacio said he is in negotiations with potential tenants and those may determine what eventually happens to it.

Zoning Board members will deliberate on the property's signage until their next meeting March 19.